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Melissa RossJune 23, 2016

Jacksonville attorney Paula Bartlett readily admits she’s a political outsider. But the Democratic candidate seeking to oust Duval Clerk of Courts Ronnie Fussell is starting to generate some grassroots support, mainly in the form of small donors, in her campaign to reopen the Duval County Courthouse wedding chapel. Fussell (and a few other Florida clerks) […]

Melissa RossJune 22, 2016

On the heels of a damning new report, 4th Judicial Circuit State Attorney candidate Wes White is calling for a Department of Justice investigation into incumbent State Attorney Angela Corey and her office for what he calls a “systematic and systemic violation of the law.” White’s move comes as Folio Weekly reports Corey apparently kept it […]

Melissa RossJune 20, 2016

In a large, urban school district like Duval County — where fully half the kids in the public schools are on free or reduced lunch — poverty is real, and widespread. The achievement gap remains stubborn and formidable. And one of the many obstacles kids in poor districts have to learning is the infamous “digital […]

Melissa RossJune 17, 2016

Expressions of sympathy and support from Jacksonville’s political leadership in the aftermath of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting massacre are falling flat with North Florida’s LGBT community. “It was a bias-motivated attack against a gay bar to kill LGBT people,” said Jacksonville attorney and activist Jimmy Midyette. “When leaders neuter expressions of sympathy of that fact […]

Melissa RossJune 15, 2016

The mass shooting in Orlando isn’t changing Tommy Hazouri‘s timetable for reintroducing an updated human rights ordinance in Jacksonville. “It’s been our plan all along to do it after the mayor’s sales tax referendum,” Hazouri told WJCT. That said, the former mayor and at-large city councilman says the shootings of 49 people at the Pulse nightclub […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 14, 2016

One of the trends in state and local government of late: instituting and hiring a chief data officer. Broadly speaking, a chief data officer synthesizes the often siloed information from discrete parts of an organization. FloridaPolitics.com has acquired a white paper from the senior staff of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, which makes the case for a chief data […]

Melissa RossJune 13, 2016

Next month, supporters of the Second Amendment will gather in Jacksonville for the Southeast Shooting and Outdoor Convention. Spokesman Jon McGowan says despite the controversy in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Orlando, weapons manufacturers that produce the AR-15 will be on hand. “AR-15 manufacturers Remington, Bushmaster, DPMS, Adcor Defense, Nemo Arms and […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 10, 2016

At a “town hall” held in a claustrophobia-inducing small meeting room in an office park in Jacksonville’s Southside, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff made news by avoiding making news. Unlike his visit to the St. Johns County REC last month, he avoided calling the president an “animal.” Indeed, he avoided much quotability at all, as […]

Melissa RossJune 9, 2016

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is out with a new report detailing the state, county, and local voting changes — proposed or implemented — during the past three years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The report, titled “Democracy Diminished,” looks at how states and counties with […]

Drew WilsonJune 8, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday that an online job recruiting company will add 200 jobs and make $9 million in investments in Jacksonville. “We are excited to welcome randrr to Jacksonville and celebrate the company’s creation of 200 new jobs,” Scott said. “randrr chose to establish its new offices in Florida over several other locations […]

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio/ Image via AP.

Paula Bartlett on uphill battle against Ronnie Fussell: ‘the entire community should be outraged’

Wes White calls for DOJ investigation of Angela Corey

Duval County Public Schools selling laptops for $50 to narrow ‘digital divide’

City of Jax ‘Dear Orlando’ postcard campaign criticized as tone-deaf

Tommy Hazouri on Lenny Curry: ‘I’m sure the mayor has his regrets’

White paper: Jacksonville mulls chief data officer position

Shooting and Outdoor Convention moving ahead in Jacksonville

Carlos Beruff avoids making news while touring Jacksonville

‘Democracy Diminished’ report outlines potential threats to voting in Florida

Job recruiting tech firm randrr to add 200 jobs, $9 million investment in Jacksonville